What are the advantages of Intercropping as compared to the conventional method of sole cropping?
1. It generally gives higher income per unit area than sole cropping.
2. It helps maintain soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from different layers of soil.
3. It usually increases soil erosion by increasing surface runoff.
Select the correct answer using the codes below.
What are the advantages of Intercropping as compared to the conventional method of sole cropping?
1. It generally gives higher income per unit area than sole cropping.
2. It helps maintain soil fertility as the nutrient uptake is made from different layers of soil.
3. It usually increases soil erosion by increasing surface runoff.
Select the correct answer using the codes below.
The correct option is A Only 1 and 2
It acts as an insurance against failure of crop in abnormal year.Moreover, as land utilization improve with the use of more than one crop the yield and income levels are higher.
It also balances nutrient uptake since the same nutrient is not depleted over and over again. Different nutrients are uptaken from different levels of soil thus helping in natural recovery of soil.
Statement 3: Different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash or runoff. So 3 is wrong.
Learning: However, intercropping system is uneconomical and undesirable during rabi.
Some kharif crops that are often considered for intercropping are Pearl millet, Red gram or Horse gram / Kidney bean / cow pea Inter row of pearl millet.
It acts as an insurance against failure of crop in abnormal year.Moreover, as land utilization improve with the use of more than one crop the yield and income levels are higher.
It also balances nutrient uptake since the same nutrient is not depleted over and over again. Different nutrients are uptaken from different levels of soil thus helping in natural recovery of soil.
Statement 3: Different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash or runoff. So 3 is wrong.
Learning: However, intercropping system is uneconomical and undesirable during rabi.
Some kharif crops that are often considered for intercropping are Pearl millet, Red gram or Horse gram / Kidney bean / cow pea Inter row of pearl millet.
